This class is structured into two main divisions: (A) Generic
Control System, Apparatus or Process and (B) Specific
Application, Apparatus or Process

(1)Note. In establishing Class 700, patents from
pertinent subclasses in Classes 364 and 395 were directly translated
into corresponding subclasses in the new class. The general
structure of Class 700 parallels that of Class 364 from which it
is derived and reflects the atypical location of generic subject
matter (subclasses 1-89) in hierarchical superiority
to specific applications (subclasses 90-306). Notes
regarding patent placement are found below.

(A) This is the generic class for the combination
of a data processing or calculating computer apparatus (or corresponding
methods for performing data processing or calculating operations) AND
a device or apparatus controlled thereby, the entirety
hereinafter referred to as a "control system".

(1)Note. Control systems which claim control of or control
by a particular art device or environment are classified in the
"Specific Application, Apparatus or Process" area of this
class. Control systems which are not so limited are classified
in the "Generic Control System, Apparatus or Process" area of
this class. Control systems which are limited to a particular
art device or environment but also include at least one claim to the
generic control are classified in the "Generic Control System, Apparatus
or Process" area.

(2)Note. An example of such a control system includes
a data processing or calculating computer interactively connected
to an external device to sense a condition (e.g., position) of
such external device. The processed data representing the
sensed condition develops a control signal to be applied to such
external device to perform a control function (e.g., optimization).

(3)Note. "Apparatus" as used herein does not include
internal control features of a computer which are classified elsewhere.

(4)Note. Classification herein is based on control system
structure or function. The search for particular details
of the data processing or calculating computer structural entity
is elsewhere in this class.

(5)Note. For classification herein the "Apparatus" being
controlled must be only nominally recited. Control systems
which are limited by the claims to a particular type of process
or have a specific utility are classified in the "Specific Application, Apparatus or
Process" area of this class. Control systems which recite
specific steps of a process or have structural details to a particular type
of apparatus are classified with the appropriate art device. For
example: the claimed recitation of (a) a
controlled chemical process is classified in the "Generic Control
System, Apparatus or Process" area of this class, (b) a
controlled distillation process is classified in the "Specific Application, Apparatus
or Process" area of this class and (c) a controlled
chemical process which involves a recited chemical reaction, is
classified in one of the chemical classes.

(6)Note. Where there is nominal claim recitation of
the device or apparatus and nominal data processor or computer
structure claimed, the control system is classifiable herein
only when there is no class providing for the device or apparatus.

(7)Note. Control systems which include an algorithm
peculiar to a specific art by claim disclosure are excluded from
this class and will be found in the class wherein the specific art
is classified.

(B) This is also the generic class for
data processing or calculating computer apparatus (or corresponding
methods for performing data processing or calculating operations) wherein
the data processing or calculating computer apparatus is designed
for or utilized in a particular art device, system, process, or
environment, or is utilized for the solution of a particular
problem in a field other than mathematics (arithmetic processing
per se is classified elsewhere).

(1)Note. Control systems which claim control of or control
by a particular art device or environment are classified in the
"Specific Application, Apparatus or Process" area of this
class. Control systems which are not so limited are classified
in the "Generic Control System, Apparatus or Process" area
of this class. Control systems which are limited to a particular
art device or environment but also include at least one claim to the
generic control are classified in the "Generic Control System, Apparatus
or Process" area.

(2)Note. For classification herein, there must be
significant claim recitation of the data processing system or calculating
computer and only nominal claim recitation of any external art environment. Where
significant structure of the external device is recited by the claims, classification
is in the appropriate device class.

(3)Note. This and indented subclasses will accommodate
devices, systems, or processes which claim a control
of or a control by a particular art device or environment and do
not have a generic claim to the control; see the "Generic
Control" area of this class for generic control devices.

(4)Note. In view of the nature of the subject matter
included herein, consideration of the classification schedule
for diverse art or environment is necessary for proper search.

(C) Significantly claimed apparatus external
to this class, claimed in combination with apparatus under
the class definition, which perform data processing or
calculation operations are classified in the class appropriate to
the external device unless specifically excluded therefrom.

(D) Nominally claimed apparatus external
to this class in combination with apparatus under the class definition is
classified in this class unless provided for in the appropriate
external class.

Registers, appropriate subclasses for various data bearing
record controlled systems and for basic machines and associated
indicating mechanisms for ascertaining the number of movements of
various devices and machines, plus machines made from these
basic machines alone (e.g., cash
registers, voting machines), and in combination
with various perfecting features, such as printers and
recording means.

Computer Graphics Processing and Selective Visual
Display Systems, appropriate subclasses for the selective control of two
or more light generating or light controlling display elements in
accordance with a received image signal, and particularly
subclasses 418 through 475for computer graphics processing.

Dynamic Magnetic Information Storage or Retrieval, appropriate subclasses, for record carriers
and systems wherein information is stored and retrieved by interaction
with a medium and there is relative motion between a medium and
a transducer, for example, magnetic disk drive
devices and control thereof, per se.

Dynamic Information Storage or Retrieval, appropriate subclasses for record carriers and systems
wherein information is stored and retrieved by interaction with
a medium and there is relative motion between a medium and a transducer.

Image Analysis, appropriate subclasses for operations performed on image
data with the aim of measuring a characteristic of an image, detecting
variations, detecting structures such as in
subclass 103for detecting or tracking targets, transforming
the image data, and for procedures for analyzing and categorizing
patterns present in image data.

Subject matter wherein there is a combination of a data
processing or calculating computer apparatus (or corresponding
method for performing data processing or calculating operation) and
a device or apparatus controlled thereby, the entirety
hereinafter referred to as a control system.

(1)Note. An example of such a control system includes
a data processing or calculating computer interactively connected to
an external device to sense a condition (e.g., position) of
such external device. The processed data representing the sensed
condition develops a control signal to be applied to such external
device to perform a general applicability control function (e.g., optimization).

(2)Note. "Apparatus" may include a plant, manufacturing
process, or facility.

(3)Note. Classification herein is based on control system
structure or function. Particular details of the data processing
or calculating computer structural entity is classified elsewhere.

(4)Note. For classification herein the "Apparatus" being
controlled must be only nominally recited. Control systems which
are limited by the claims to a particular type of process or have
a specific utility are classified in the "Application" area of this
class. Control systems which recite specific steps or have
structural details to a particular type of process art classified
with the appropriate art device. For example: The
claimed recitation of (a) a chemical controlled
process, (b) a distillation controlled
process and (c) a chemical controlled process
which involves a chemical reaction, are classified in the
Generic Control" area of this class, the "Application"
area of this class and in one of the chemical classes, respectively.

(5)Note. Where there is nominal claim recitation of
the device or apparatus and nominal data processor or computer structure
claimed, the control system is classifiable herein only
when there is no class providing for the device or apparatus.

(6)Note. Control systems which include an algorithm
peculiar to a specific art by claim disclosure are excluded from
this class and will be found in the class wherein the specific art
is classified.

(7)Note. All of the following classes listed have subclasses
providing for control or regulating systems or apparatus.

for control systems having plural processors where
one processor (standby) will follow the operation
of the other processor (active) and takeover operation
of the system on failure of the active processor.

Data Processing: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or
Cost/Price Determination,
subclasses 7.11 through 7.42for operations research in a business environment
and subclass 412 for cost/price determination for utility
usage.

This subclass is indented under 1. Subject matter where output signals from a data processor
or computer structure are sequentially or selectively applied to
control a device or apparatus in a repetitive, orderly
manner according to a predetermined schedule of operation.

(1)Note. Sequencing as a basic process is essentially
digital in nature, the relationship being, for
example, "on", "off" or "in", "out", etc.

This subclass is indented under 11. Subject matter where input signals representative of a particular
condition of a system to be controlled are analyzed and a comparison
made with the predetermined conditions in the operation schedule
and corresponding output signals produced.

This subclass is indented under 12. Subject matter where the particular system condition or parameter
is position, the control output signal being produced in
response to a position responsive input signal.

This subclass is indented under 12. Subject matter where the particular system condition is time
related, the output signal establishing a particular state (e.g., on/off) of
such condition for a prescribed interval or duration.

Communications: Electrical,
subclass 3.71for selective electrical communication having monitoring
in addition to control (e.g., supervisory) and including
an indicator which has manual control input and subclasses 500-693.12
for condition responsive indicating.

This subclass is indented under 11. Subject matter where there is
more than one system being controlled, or in which there
is more than one communication being controlled, or where
there is control of more than one element of a controlled system.

This subclass is indented under 11. Subject matter where there is a means or a step for increasing
a conditional probability of correctly performing a service (e.g., control) throughout
a time interval, given correct performance at the beginning
of the interval, or for increasing the probability of correctly
performing a service at any given instant.

Communications: Electrical,
subclasses 3.7and 3.71 for selective electrical communication
having monitoring in addition to control (e.g., supervisory) which
includes an indicator and subclasses 500-693.12
for condition responsive indicating.

This subclass is indented under 1. Subject matter where a control seeks to optimize a system
performance criterion (e.g., efficiency, consumption, or
profit).

(1)Note. Also included here are adaptive systems which
include means to modify governing criteria, simply or in
a complex fashion to achieve better system performance, stability, speed
of response sensitivity, etc. The object of an
adaptive system is to provide means for establishing relatively
fixed system dynamics for a control system comprising a controlled element
having varying dynamics. Some adaptive systems include
an optimization technique wherein the system seeks to maximize or
minimize a system variable or are of the self-organizing
type.

This subclass is indented under 33. Subject matter where a control signal will travel in one direction
to search out a maximum or minimum value and will reverse direction
on reaching said maximum or minimum value to search out the other
of the maximum or minimum value.

This subclass is indented under 38. Subject matter where the disturbance is introduced into the
system from an external source such as by the injection of a test
signal with the system response to such disturbance being analyzed and
the system dynamics adjusted to achieve an optimum.

This subclass is indented under 40. Subject matter where a system will shift from proportional
control to a combination of proportional and integral (reset) when
there is a substantial excursion of a variable.

This subclass is indented under 41. Subject matter where the system will shift from proportional
to a combination of proportional, integral (reset) and
derivative (rate) dependent on system conditions.

This subclass is indented under 28. Subject matter wherein the system is comprised of at least (a) a
knowledge base, (b) an inference engine, and (c) a
user interface and contains both declarative knowledge (i.e., a
fact about an object, event, or situation) and
procedural knowledge (i.e., information
about a course of action) to emulate the reasoning processes
of a human expert in a particular area of expertise.

This subclass is indented under 28. Subject matter which monitors the performance of a process
in terms of its target value and involved variability and uses statistical
methods to control said process.

This subclass is indented under 1. Subject matter where the positioning of a control system
member is controlled by a programmed digital computer utilizing
numerical values, digital signals, or coded pulses
which correspond to desired position of control.

(1)Note. The numerical values or digital signals comprise
one or more discrete symbols which may form a code.

(2)Note. Positional servo control systems are classified
elsewhere; however, the combination of a positional
servo system with a programmable digital computer is classified
here.

This subclass is indented under 75. Subject matter where application of a control signal in the
"coarse" mode results in a system response of a relatively large
magnitude or increments of magnitude and in the "fine" mode results
in a system response of a relatively small or more precise magnitude
or increments of magnitude.

(1)Note. An example of such a system is a positional
system wherein an element to be positioned is moved at high speeds
in the "coarse" mode until it reaches a predetermined position wherein
the system shifts to the "fine" mode and the element is moved at
lower speeds or at smaller positioned increments until it reaches
its final destination.

This subclass is indented under 79. Subject matter where the controlled system includes a spare
or backup control device which automatically assumes control of
the system in response to the failure of the primary control devices.

This subclass is indented under 86. Subject matter where a control system member is manually
controlled through a cycle of operation during which its conditions
are recorded for subsequent reproduction through the same cycle.

Subject matter wherein a data processing or calculating
computer apparatus (or corresponding method for performing
data processing or calculating operation) is designed for
or utilized in a particular art device, system, process or
environment, or is utilized for the solution of a particular
problem in a field other than mathematics (arithmetic processing
per se is classified elsewhere).

(1)Note. For classification herein, there must
be significant claim recitation of the data processing system or
calculating computer and only nominal claim recitation of the external
art environment. Where significant structure of the external
device is recited by the claims, classification is in the
appropriate device class.

(2)Note. This and indented subclasses will accommodate
devices, systems, or processes which claim a control
of or a control by a particular art device or environment and do
not have a generic claim to the control; see the "Generic Control"
area of this class for generic control devices.

(3)Note. Particular structural features rather than
environmental or "use" considerations is found elsewhere.

(4)Note. In view of the nature of the subject matter
included herein, consideration of the classification schedule
for the diverse art or environment is necessary for proper search.

Registers,
subclasses 375 through 386for record-sensing devices that may be
combined with calculators or data processing systems and utilized
for a specific purpose; and subclasses 419-434
for record-controlled calculators wherein the calculation
is performed by mechanical or electromechanical means.

This subclass is indented under 90. Subject matter wherein data pertaining to a competition involving
physical skill or ability (e.g., an
athletic event, etc.), data
pertaining to a competition of strategy or chance, or data
pertaining to a participant (i.e., contestant) in
such a competition, is collected, characterized, or
otherwise manipulated for the purpose of determining a state of, a
characteristic of, or a condition of the competition or
contestant.

(1)Note. This is the residual classification for this
subject matter. Thus, all other possible subclasses
should be excluded, with special consideration given to
the areas listed below, before placement of an original
in this or indented subclasses.

(2)Note. If there is recited any element or act of competition, classification
in an appropriate class providing for that subject matter should
be the preferred classification. For example, although
this or an indented subclass provides for scoring, probability
determination, or handicapping, per se, an
act of or means for determining a winner, or an act of
or means for wagering, etc., is considered to
be a contest element or act that is significant for placement elsewhere. Also, a method
or means for monitoring, for example, projectile
movement about a game court, etc., should
be placed in an appropriate area, elsewhere, if
the projectile or any element of the game court, etc., is
positively recited, even if only nominally so.

Amusement Devices, Games, appropriate subclass for data processing combined with
a recited element or act of competition not provided for in Classes
463 or 473. (Class 273 is in the process of being
abolished, with the subject matter going to Classes 463
or 473). See especially
subclass 274for a betting or wagering board, and subclasses
138.1-138.5 for a chance device.

Exercise Devices, appropriate subclasses and particularly
subclasses 1 through 9for specific structure relating to an exercise
device appropriate therefor and having a specific electrical feature
which may include a computer, computer-related
circuitry, display, feedback, or software.

Data Processing: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or
Cost/Price Determination,
subclass 1 through 45,especially subclass 14.2 for data processing
used for financial or business practice where a promotional inducement
is recited (e.g., awarding a
coupon or price adjustment, etc.) based on
a contestant s score in a quiz, survey, questionnaire, etc., subclass
14.14 for data processing used for financia l or business
practice where a promotional inducement is recited (e.g., awarding
a coupon or price adjustment, etc.) for
participating in a game of chance, subclass 14.12
for data processing used for financial or business practice where
a promotional inducement is recited (e.g., awarding a
coupon or price adjustment, etc.) for playing
a video game., and subclass 16, for a
point-of-sale terminal, e.g., cash
register, etc.

This subclass is indented under 91. Subject matter wherein the number of points, or
other grading or rating used to determine the winner of a competition, is
calculated or determined from the data.

(1)Note. Scoring combined with recitation of any other
contest element or competitive act should be placed in the appropriate
area that provides for the element or act, even if the
combined element is nominally recited. For example, scoring combined
with a positively recited target, court, etc., should
be placed in the appropriate class that provides for the combined
element.

This subclass is indented under 91. Subject matter wherein the likelihood of an event, condition, or
outcome happening in a competitive event is computed, or
wherein a hindrance is given to a superior contestant-or
an advantage is given to an inferior contestant-based upon data
pertaining to the relative strength or weakness of the contestants.

(1)Note. Probability determination or handicapping combined
with any recitation of another game element or competitive act (e.g., wagering) should
be placed in the appropriate area for that subject matter.

Amusement Devices, Games, appropriate subclasses, for data processing combined
with a recited element or act of competition not provided for in Classes
463 or 473. (Class 273 is in the process of being
abolished, with the subject matter going to Classes 463
or 473). See especially
subclass 274for a betting or wagering board, subclasses
138.1138.5 for a chance device, and subclasses
292-308 for a card or tile game.

This subclass is indented under 90. Subject matter wherein the particular art or field is
the processing of digital data which represents an audio signal.

(1)Note. This subclass is limited solely to audio data
processing systems that are not classified elsewhere.

(2)Note. An "audio signal" is an electrical signal which
represents spoken or other sounds which vary with time, and
may be in digital or analog form (this form implies a conversion
to digital form before the digital data processing).

(3)Note. Nominal recitation of "audio" is not sufficient
to afford classification herein of an invention which would be otherwise
classified elsewhere.

Harvesters, appropriate subclass for a means of severing crops
which grow above the surface of the ground, without disturbing
the soil, and a means for gathering the same from the field after
they are severed.

Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture,
subclasses 60 through 338for a manufacturing process or subclasses 349-583.91
for an apparatus including adhesively bonding parts together; subclasses
701-719 and 918-933 for delaminating process, per
se; and subclasses 750-767 and 934-944
for delaminating means, per se, separating an
adhered layer or portion of the layer from another layer at a bonding face
while retaining layer identity.

This subclass is indented under 95. Subject matter wherein the calculating computer or data
processing system analyzes, prioritizes, or modifies
input data to arrange the sequential operations for product manufacturing
or to configure a product.

Data Processing: Structural Design, Modeling, Simulation, and
Emulation,
subclass 1for a data processing system or calculating computer designed
for or utilized in structural design as it relates to mechanical engineering.

Computer-Aided Design and Analysis of
Circuits and Semiconductor Masks,
subclasses 100 through 139for the design and analysis of circuit systems and
integrated circuit structure by data processing and computer programming
techniques.

Data Processing: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or
Cost/Price Determination,
subclasses 7.12 through 7.26for allocation of resources or scheduling an administrative
function by an automated business or management system.

This subclass is indented under 97. Subject matter wherein the data processing system or calculating
computer monitors and controls the sequence of manufacturing operations
based on a set of operating rules or regulations.

This subclass is indented under 103. Subject matter wherein the data processing system or calculating
computer generates, monitors, modifies, or
controls the sequential manufacturing operations using historical
data to infer a result.

This subclass is indented under 97. Subject matter wherein the data processing system or calculating
computer monitors and controls the sequence of manufacturing operations
based on engineering or manufacturing changes.

This subclass is indented under 97. Subject matter wherein the data processing system or calculating
computer monitors and controls the sequence of manufacturing operations
based on the necessary construction components.

This subclass is indented under 106. Subject matter wherein the data processing system or calculating
computer uses or creates a list of components for use in the product
manufacturing design or planning.

Data Processing: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or
Cost/Price Determination,
subclass 29for an itemization of parts, supplies, or
services (e.g., bill of materials) other than
in combination with manufacturing.

This subclass is indented under 95. Subject matter wherein the data processing system or calculating
computer receives information on the various quantitative variables
associated with the assembly process.

Communications: Electrical,
subclasses 3.43and 3.44 for selective electrical communication
having monitoring in addition to control (e.g., supervisory) which
has a fault condition detection and subclass 3.71 for selective
electrical communication having monitoring in addition to control (e.g., supervisory) which
includes an indicator having manual control input.

This subclass is indented under 108. Subject matter wherein the data processing system or calculating
computer performs a statistical analysis of a manufactured product
or manufacturing process and compares the results to predetermined
specifications or parameters.

This subclass is indented under 95. Subject matter wherein the data processing system or calculating
computer controls the movement of assembly components or manufactured
goods from one location to another.

This subclass is indented under 112. Subject matter wherein the data processing system or calculating
computer controls the movement of a nonstationary vehicle for transporting
work between manufacturing stations.

This subclass is indented under 95. Subject matter wherein the data processing system or calculating
computer is capable of locating or routing a product or product
component based on information associated with the product or component.

This subclass is indented under 115. Subject matter wherein the data processing system or calculating
computer determines the appropriate assembly step according to particular
information associated with the individual product component.

Catalyst, Solid Sorbent, or
Support Therefor: Product or Process of Making, appropriate subclasses for a mixture of materials
intended to catalyze a reaction or to sorb a component of a fluid
or certain single materials specifically structured to catalyze
a reaction or sorb a component.

This subclass is indented under 117. Subject matter wherein the particular product is first represented
in two-dimensional space and produced such that it occupies
space along the x, y, and z coordinate axis.

Metal Fusion Bonding,
subclass 123.1for a process of metal to nonmetal bonding with
separate metallic filler wherein the nonmetallic material is a semiconductor-type
material, and subclasses 179.1-180.5
for the process of bonding plural joints of an electrical device (e.g., semiconductor).

Superconductor Technology: Apparatus, Material, Process, appropriate subclass, in particular
subclasses 300 through 501for a processes of producing or treating high temperature superconductor
material or superconductor containing products or precursors thereof, subclasses
510-512 for the precursor of high temperature superconductor
material or stock, per se, or process of producing
the precursor and cross reference art collection 923 for the manufacture
of a semiconductor device.

Electrical Computers: Arithmetic Processing
and Calculating,
subclass 190for calculating which is effected by integrated
circuits or chips, the use or specific structure or arrangement
of which significantly affects or directs the handling of information.

Computer-Aided Design and Analysis of
Circuits and Semiconductor Masks,
subclasses 30 through 139for the design and analysis of circuit systems and
integrated circuit structure by data processing and computer programming
techniques.

Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture,
subclass 231for surface bonding or assembly having direct contact
transfer of an adhered lamina from a carrier to a base with formation
of a lamina having continuous length by molding or casting on endless
carrier.

Advancing Material of Indeterminate Length,
subclass 9for a control means responsive to indicia carried
by an auxiliary record (e.g., tape
or card) and subclasses 10-45 for a material-responsive
control means.

Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes,
subclasses 45.8 through 46.3for composite article making having an indefinite
continuous length and subclasses 165-218 for molding a
continuous or indefinite length body of work.

Metal Treatment,
subclasses 95 through 714for a process of modifying or maintaining internal
physical structure or chemical properties of a metal, process
of reactive coating of a metal, and process of chemical
heat removing or burning of metal.

Electrolysis: Processes, Compositions
Used Therein, and Methods of Preparing the Compositions,
subclasses 82 through 84for controlling a coating process in response to
a measured or detected parameter thereof or of a characteristic
of the electrolytic coating formed.

Radiation Imagery Chemistry: Process, Composition, or
Product Thereof,
subclass 16for a product wherein a metal is deposited on a
previously formed image, subclass 128 for a process wherein
radiation sensitive material is manufactured using a vacuum deposition
process, subclass 129 for a process wherein radiation sensitive
material is made using an extrusion coating process, and
cross-reference art collection 935 for a coating process
making a radiation sensitive element.

This subclass is indented under 122. Subject matter wherein the data processing system or calculating
computer insures the correct reference point of the workpiece before
the next sequential step is executed.

This subclass is indented under 124. Subject matter wherein the data processing system or calculating
computer utilizes a predetermined position signal for identifying
the execution point for the next sequential step or operation.

This subclass is indented under 122. Subject matter wherein the data processing system or calculating
computer controls either (1) the rotation of a
machine element onto which the indeterminate length material is
wrapped about, or (2) the material being
wrapped about a machine element.

This subclass is indented under 127. Subject matter wherein the data processing system or calculating
computer controls an apparatus associated in the process of manipulating
pulp or stock in order to produce a paper product.

This subclass is indented under 130. Subject matter wherein the data processing system or calculating
computer is responsible for coordinating the information used in
either (1) generating or applying a decorative
motif to the fabric or (2) producing a guideline
having specific fabric measurements.

Foundation Garments, appropriate subclasses for devices which are specifically
designed to fit the human body to protect, compress, support, restrain, or
alter the configuration of the body torso or a portion thereof.

This subclass is indented under 130. Subject matter wherein the data processing system or calculating
computer is responsible for controlling the cutting procedure for
producing a textile article having specified dimensions.

This subclass is indented under 130. Subject matter wherein the data processing system or calculating
computer controls the operation of uniting or ornamenting material
by means of a strand inserted (stitched) in the
material at spaced locations by a needle and enchained or otherwise
locked in position.

This subclass is indented under 136. Subject matter wherein the data processing system or calculating
computer further controls the physical characteristics of the sewing
operation (e.g., pitch, pattern, location, etc.).

This subclass is indented under 130. Subject matter wherein the data processing system or calculating
computer controls or monitors the various parameters associated
with the textile machines rotational drive or filament being produced.

This subclass is indented under 143. Subject matter wherein the data processing system or calculating
computer senses or detects any discrepancies in the integrity of
the stock material"s filamentary characteristics.

Metal Deforming,
subclasses 6.1 through 21.6for a control means energized in response to an
activator stimulated by a condition-sensor, subclasses
28.1-29.2 for the use of a self-regulating
control system utilizing electrical or hydraulic energy, subclasses
69, 128, and 200 for modification or control of
the temperature of the work, tool or machine, and
subclass 441 for a means to selectably control movement of a tool.

Metal Founding,
subclasses 152 through 153for safety control means, subclasses 154.1-154.8
for a control means responsive to or actuated by means sensing or
measuring a condition or variable (i.e., automatic
control), and 157 for a control means responsive
to an independent timing means.

This subclass is indented under 145. Subject matter wherein the data processing system or calculating
computer controls the manipulation of metal either (1) by
pulling or stamping or (2) by pouring molten metal
into a mold to shape or form the metal.

This subclass is indented under 146. Subject matter wherein the data processing system or calculating
computer controls, measures, or monitors the manufacturing
process to maintain the physical properties of the metal within specified
parameters.

This subclass is indented under 145. Subject matter wherein the data processing system or calculating
computer controls the manipulation of a metal by changing its physical
dimension by passing the metal between rotating cylindrical elements.

Abrading, appropriate subclasses for a process or apparatus
for grinding a workpiece by a tool having a natural cutting edge (e.g., a
mineral crystal) versus an artificial cutting edge (as
in milling or filing).

Data Processing: Measuring, Calibrating, or
Testing,
subclasses 182 through 186for performance or efficiency evaluation, including
evaluation of the condition of a machine tool or an item being machined.

This subclass is indented under 117. Subject matter wherein the specific manufacturing step or
operation is one in which a material is heated and forced through
a die to provide the required dimensions of the product.

Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes, appropriate subclass, in particular
subclass 1.29for optical fiber, waveguide, or preform
shaping by extruding, subclass 3.3 for the use
of extrusion to form sheet or rod, subclasses 13-14 for
formation of solid particulate material directly from molten or
liquid mass by extrusion spraying, subclass 75 for random
variegated coloring during a molding process by extrusion, subclasses
540-543 including extrusion direct application of fluid
pressure differential to permanently shape, distort, or
sustain work including extrusion, and subclasses 176.1-211.24
for shaping continuous or indefinite length work by extrusion.

Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus,
subclasses 113 through 114for a distinct means to feed, support, or
manipulate preform stock and means for shaping fluent or bulk stock
to form united product by extrusion, subclasses 131.1-133.5
for a means of feeding fluent stock from plural sources to a common
shaping means to form composite product by an extrusion process, and
subclass 516 for a preform assembly means and means for bonding
of plural preforms involving preform reshaping or vulcanizing by extrusion.

Threaded, Headed Fastener, or Washer
Making: Process and Apparatus,
subclass 16for a process for making an externally threaded
fastener (e.g., bolt) by
extrusion and subclass 31 for a process of making a headed fastener (e.g., rivet) by
extrusion.

Manufacturing Container or Tube From Paper; or
Other Manufacturing From a Sheet or Web,
subclass 85and 211 for container making involving extruding, drawing, or
attenuating, subclass 293 for tube making involving extruding, drawing, or
attenuating and subclasses 338-339 for extruding, drawing, or
attenuating in container and tube making per se.

Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture,
subclass 231for a method of surface bonding or assembly with
formation of a lamina of continuous length by molding or casting
on an endless carrier, subclass 242 for a method of surface
bonding or assembly with lamina formation by molding or casting, and subclasses
500-501 for a method of surface bonding or assembly with casting, plastic
molding, or extruding means.

This subclass is indented under 197. Subject matter wherein the specific manufacturing step or
operation is one in which the preparation, preservation, or
finishing of the molded material is by a chemical or physical process.

This subclass is indented under 198. Subject matter wherein the curing is specifically designed
to increase the strength, resiliency, and freedom
from stickiness and odor of (e.g., rubber) by
combining with additives in the presence of heat and pressure.

Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact With Solids,
subclasses 245 through 278for a material treated by electromagnetic energy
having temperature control and subclass 446 for the process of a
gas or vapor in contact with a treated material having temperature
or moisture control of the material, gas, or vapor.

Plastic Article or Earthenware Shaping or Treating: Apparatus,
subclasses 143 through 144for control means responsive to or actuated by means
sensing or detecting a condition or material triggered having temperature
control.

Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes,
subclass 107for a method of molding a solid preform, by
pressing, to produce a disk-shaped record and
subclass 297.4 for forming plural articles including multilayer
pressing.

Powder Metallurgy Processes, appropriate subclasses for producing metals, alloys, or
metal containing compositions in a solid or compact state from powdered
or particulate material with or without heating.

Semiconductor Device Manufacturing: Process,
subclasses 537 through 541and 542-569 for methods of fusing and
diffusing, respectively, an electrically active
dopant into a semiconductor, subclasses 660-664
for metallization of a semiconductor combined with heat treatment
of the conductive layer, and subclasses 795-799
for a thermal treatment modifying the properties of a semiconductor
substrate.

This subclass is indented under 207. Subject matter wherein the data processing system or calculating
computer is specifically designed to control an apparatus in which
energy in a nonthermal form is converted to heat and supplied to
the manufacturing process.

Glass Manufacturing,
subclass 134.7for the process of rotating a furnace or chamber
utilized in the glass making process, subclasses 135.6-135.8
for an electric furnace utilized in the glass making process, subclass
335 for a glass furnace with furnace charging means, and
subclass 540 for a fiber making apparatus with a furnace charging
means.

Liquid Heaters and Vaporizers,
subclass 33for indirectly heating a surface using a furnace, subclass
420 for feed water heaters heated by furnace gases, subclass
422 for feed water heaters heated by furnace gases and steam, and
subclass 485 for steam superheaters having a separate furnace for
heating them.

Automatic Temperature and Humidity Regulation,
subclasses 10 through 11for a hot-air furnace, per se, subclass 14
for a combined boiler and furnace controlled, subclass
15 for control of a furnace, subclass 46 for a hot air
furnace with a timing element.

Heating,
subclass 28for a process of operating a furnace utilizing
a heat storage mass, subclass 39 for control of a furnace
using selection or load balancing of furnace exhaust heated regenerators
and subclasses 90-91 for a boiler and work heating furnace, pot, or
oven.

This subclass is indented under 207. Subject matter wherein the data processing system or calculating
computer is specifically designed to control an enclosed apparatus
supplied with heat and used for cooking or heating objects placed
within.

Metal Treatment,
subclass 528for a process of modifying or maintaining internal
physical structure or chemical properties of metal, a process
of reactive coating of metal, and a process of chemical
heat removing or burning of metal including brazing or soldering.

Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes,
subclasses 603 through 683for a process involving vitrifying or sintering
of a preform to make inorganic article and subclasses 125-127
for sintering or heat fusing of particles.

Semiconductor Device Manufacturing: Process,
subclasses 106 through 127for methods of attaching an electrode on or to
a semiconductor, subclasses 537-541 for methods
of fusing an electrically active dopant into a semiconductor, subclasses
660+ for metallization of a semiconductor combined with
heat treatment of the conductive layer, and subclasses
795-799 for a thermal treatment modifying the properties
of a semiconductor substrate.

This subclass is indented under 90. Subject matter wherein the data processing system or calculating
computer controls, monitors or inspects the manipulation
of an item to change its position, orientation, or
location.

Classifying, Separating, and
Assorting Solids, appropriate subclass, in particular
subclass 154for current control, subclass 489 for
automatic control associated with feeding and discharging, and
subclasses 491 and 496 for automatic control of discharging, subclass
726 for classifying, separating, and assorting
fluid suspension including condition responsive control.

Advancing Material of Indeterminate Length, appropriate subclass, in particular
subclasses 10 through 45for a device having a means to control the advancing
material in response to a detected condition.

Electricity: Motive Power Systems,
subclasses 568.11 through 568.25for a preprogrammable multifunction manipulator
designed to move devices through variable programmed motions for
the performance of changeable tasks on a repetitive basis without
human intervention.

Material or Article Handling, appropriate subclass, in particular
subclass 138.4for marine loading and unloading having line tension
control, subclass 161 for a chamber of a type utilized
for a heating function and material charging or discharging means
with a control system responsive to a condition in the chamber, subclass
231 for an apparatus particularly adapted for charging or discharging
a facility comprising one or more sites for the parking of wheeled
vehicles having a control system responsive to changeable operating instructions, subclass
273 for plural, static structures for supporting discrete
loads and charging or discharging means with a control system responsive
to changeable operating instructions, subclasses 613-614
for an elevator or hoist loading or unloading means with a mechanism
for flow control, and subclass 699 for a vertically swinging
load support having a control means responsive to a sensed condition.

This subclass is indented under 213. Subject matter wherein the data processing system or calculating
computer regulates or manages the movement or distribution of an
item to be placed in, organized in, or removed
from a location specified for supply or accumulation.

This subclass is indented under 214. Subject matter wherein the data processing system or calculating
computer regulates or manages the movement or distribution of an
article based on a request for a specific quantity or characteristic
of the article.

Material or Article Handling,
subclasses 754 through 784for an article reorienting device and subclass 798
for an article or material handling device having a movable stack
support for unloading an article.

This subclass is indented under 213. Subject matter wherein the data processing system or calculating
computer regulates or manages the segregation or integration of
multiple items based on similar or dissimilar characteristics.

Metal Working,
subclasses 464 through 468for a method of mechanical manufacture having an
association of parts by an aligning means and particularly subclass
467 for the sequential association of parts on a stationary aligning
means.

Sheet-Material Associating,
subclasses 4 through 17and 18-19 for the association of plural
sheets or web combined with a printing process, subclasses
32-51 for associating and folding plural sheets or webs, and subclasses
52.01-58.34 for associating or disassociating
plural sheets or webs.

Education and Demonstration,
subclass 259for a method or device for developing or testing
coordination using the associating of dissimilar objects with apertures
or pegs having matching size, shape, or color.

This subclass is indented under 219. Subject matter wherein the association or disassociation
of plural articles further comprises the ability to place into the
handled article a secondary item or article.

Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture,
subclasses 293 through 294for a method of surface bonding or assembly including
the step of inserting lamina in a hole, aperture, or
recess of other lamina, and subclass 303.1 for
inserting lamina into preformed plastic body.

Plastic and Nonmetallic Article Shaping or Treating: Processes,
subclasses 271.1 through 279.1for inserting a preform part into a plastic body
and simultaneously reshaping the body with a mold element.

This subclass is indented under 220. Subject matter wherein the inserted article has an identifying
mark or address for the manipulation of said article to change its
position, orientation, or location.

Classifying, Separating, and
Assorting Solids,
subclasses 3.1 through 3.3for a method of or device for sorting special items, subclasses
12.1-44.4 for plural, diverse
separating operations and subclasses 509-707 for sorting special
items.

This subclass is indented under 223. Subject matter wherein the sorted or collated article
has an identifying mark or address for the manipulation of said
article to change its position, orientation or location.

Sheet Feeding or Delivering,
subclasses 3.01 through 3.13for delivering to a stack of sheets and feeding therefrom, subclasses
8.1-171 for feeding an individual sheet from a pack
of sheets, toward an operation, or with respect
to a location where the individual sheet is operated upon, and subclasses
278-224 for delivering individual sheets from a work station to
a receiver, stack, or some determined position.

This subclass is indented under 231. Subject matter wherein the dispensing or vending of an article
is controlled by an input signal representing either (1) an
operator request or (2) remittance of a sufficient
amount of compensation.

Printing, appropriate subclasses for the production of characters
or designs on surfaces by impression of types or dies or by applying
coating material thereto through openings of previous portions of
a pattern sheet, as in stenciling, or by impression
from planographic or intaglio surfaces.

This subclass is indented under 232. Subject matter wherein the dispensing or vending system
allows access to the vending operation when certain conditions have
been satisfied or preapproval has been given.

Data Processing: Financial, Business Practice, Management, or
Cost/Price Determination, appropriate subclasses and particularly
subclasses 400 through 418for a data processing system or calculating computer which
is designed for or utilized in determining charges for goods or
services, or is utilized for the solution of a problem
in this area.

This subclass is indented under 231. Subject matter wherein an article or a number of articles
are distributed in a sequential fashion or integrated according
to a predetermined formula before dispensing occurs.

This subclass is indented under 231. Subject matter wherein a specific article characteristic is
the controlling variable for the regulation or management of the
automatic allotment or discharge of the article.

This subclass is indented under 231. Subject matter wherein the data processing system or calculating
computer supervises, examines, or detects a condition
related to the article being vended or dispensed.

This subclass is indented under 90. Subject matter wherein a data processing or calculating computer
apparatus (or corresponding methods for performing data
processing or calculating operations) (1) is
designed for or utilized for controlling a robot as a unit or a
robot end effector for general use, or (2) uses
a specific control scheme, such as plural processors or plural
robots or knowledge processing, in a computer system for
controlling at least one robot.

(1)Note. This subclass and the subclasses indented hereunder
do not provide for systems or methods that deal solely with creating, modifying, or
using a computer program or digital data processing system for controlling
a substructure of a robot other than an end effector for general
use, such as controlling (1) the torque
of a robot servo mechanism rather than the torque of the entire
robot or (2) a robot vision system not integrally
tied to the rest of the robot control. For the loci of
such art, see the Search Class notes, below.

(2)Note. This subclass and the subclasses indented hereunder
do not provide for systems or methods that use an unmodifiable preexisting
computer program for controlling a single robot without providing
additional data to the program or performing any special calculations
for use by the program (e.g., mere
robot position or velocity control without further data input, such
as, visual input).

(3)Note. A robot as used in this and indented subclasses
is an instrumented mechanism which can respond to and modify its
environment with some degree of intelligence.

(4)Note. End effectors for a specific use are classified
with such specific use. See the Search Class notes, below.

This subclass is indented under 245. Subject matter wherein the system or method (1) has the
capability to control a second device in addition to the robot, or (2) includes
at least first and second processors, both of which control
the robot and neither of which solely control robot vision.

This subclass is indented under 250. Subject matter wherein the enhancement or modification
deals with stopping a robot from contacting a solid object in a
manner that would damage the robot or the object.

This subclass is indented under subclass 245. Subject matter wherein the system or method uses a specific
vector or matrix calculation in order to control the directional
positioning of the end effector of the robot.

This subclass is indented under 262. Subject matter wherein the system or method uses a Jacobian
computation scheme, that is, an equation representing
the mathematical operation for conversion of a function in terms
of one set of variables to a function in terms of a second set of
variables.

This subclass is indented under 90. Subject matter including a process for varying relative apportionment
of at least two components to form a mixture without changing chemical properties
of the components (e.g., mixing cement, preparing
solution, diluting chemical, etc.).

This subclass is indented under 266. Subject matter wherein the chemical reaction process includes
a process to determine a concentration of a dissolved substance
in terms of a smallest amount of a reagent of known concentration required
to bring about a given effect in reaction given a known volume of
a test solution or to measure a degree of acidity or alkalinity
of a solution.

This subclass is indented under 268. Subject matter including a reduplication process in which
molecules are combined to form larger molecules having repeating
structure units of the combined molecules.

This subclass is indented under 266. Subject matter wherein the chemical reaction process includes
the process of first heating a mixture to collect a resultant vapor, and
then cooling and condensing the resultant vapor to form a distilled
product.

This subclass is indented under 266. Subject matter wherein the chemical reaction process includes
the process for removing impurities in a mixture or for replenishing
a solution with a component that has been used up during a chemical
process.

Gas Separation: Apparatus,
subclass 25for electric field separation apparatus with programmed, cyclic, or
time responsive control means; subclass 103 for chromatography
type apparatus with programmed, cyclic, or time responsive
control system; and subclass 115 for solid sorbent apparatus with
programmed, cyclic, or time responsive control
system.

This subclass is indented under 275. Subject matter comprising an environmental control or an
energy transfer system (i.e., heating, ventilating, air
conditioning) for regulating air temperature or humidity
in an occupied or an unoccupied living space within a building enclosure.

This subclass is indented under 282. Subject matter wherein means for regulating comprises means
for manipulating the distribution of the fluid at an outlet (e.g., dispenser, nozzle, hose, reservoir, distributed
center).

This subclass is indented under 90. Subject matter wherein the data processing system or calculating
computer is designed for or utilized to measure and control the
generation of electrical power or the distribution of electrical power
through networks applicable in a power plant.

This subclass is indented under 286. Subject matter comprising means for controlling a rotary
engine actuated by a current of fluid such as water, steam, or
air subject to pressure, or for controlling a machine that
generates electricity.

This subclass is indented under 287. Subject matter having means for using waste energy from
one source to drive another, such as using heat from a
gas turbine for producing steam to drive an auxiliary steam turbine.

This subclass is indented under 287. Subject matter comprising means for controlling position
of a valve for admission of fluid to the turbine in response to
a time varying difference signal.

(1)Note. The time variable difference signal represents, for
example, a difference between a measured valve position
compared to an ideal valve position, a difference between
a load reference and an actual turbine load, etc.

This subclass is indented under 286. Subject matter comprising means for deriving projected
energy consumption or demand data over a predetermined future interval
of time to regulate a distribution of power energy to operative
load.

This subclass is indented under 286. Subject matter including means adapted for the protection
of the power generation or distribution system in response to an
operating characteristic falling outside limits of normal operation
of the system.

Data Processing: Measuring, Calibrating, or
Testing,
subclasses 58 through 59for an electrical fault detection system without
any correction, subclass 69 for signal quality in wave form
analysis, and subclasses 183- 185 for diagnostic
analysis.

This subclass is indented under 292. Subject matter including means for tripping a circuit breaker
in response to a measured operating power, current, or
impedance falling outside limits of normal operating condition.

This subclass is indented under 292. Subject matter including means for tripping a circuit breaker
in response to a measured or detected phase shift, waveform
distortion, or polarity shift falling outside limits of
normal operating condition.

This subclass is indented under 295. Subject matter wherein the power distributed to the load
is selectively controlled based on a duration control signal (e.g., control
interval for load-on or load-off states, etc.) or
a time schedule control signal (e.g., month, day, time
of day, etc.).

This subclass is indented under 286. Subject matter comprising means for adjusting power from
a power supplier required to meet demand of load or operation of
the power generation or distribution system.

(1)Note. Means for adjusting input power may include, for
example, an auxiliary generator or a battery.

Thermal Measuring and Testing,
subclass 3for thermal calibration system by immersion in
liquid having controlled temperature and subclasses 33-34
for calorimetry with control of heat added to or lost from a sample
container.

Data Processing: Measuring, Calibrating, or
Testing,
subclass 89for calibration or correction of time measurement
system, subclass 125 for testing system in which signal
is generated for timing purpose, subclasses 176-178
for time duration or rate measurement system, and subclass
187 for history logging or time stamping.

Any foreign patents/nonpatent literature, which
were reclassified, have been transferred directly to the
art collection listed below. This art collection contains
ONLY foreign documents/nonpatent literature. [Note: Parenthetical
references in the titles refer to the abolished U.S. classifications
from which these art collections were derived.]

Foreign art collection comprising a data processing
system combined with a device or apparatus controlled thereby (the
entirety referred to as a control system) where output
signals are sequentially or selectively applied to control a system
in a repetitive, orderly manner according to a predetermined
schedule of operation.

Foreign art collection comprising a data processing
system combined with a device or apparatus controlled thereby (the
entirety referred to as a control system) where a control
seeks to extremilize (optimize) the system s performance
criterion (e.g., efficiency, consumption, or
profit).

Foreign art collection comprising a data processing
system combined with a device or apparatus controlled thereby (the
entirety referred to as a control system) where the positioning
of a control system member is controlled by a programmed digital
computer utilizing numerical values, digital signals, or
coded pulses which correspond to a desired position of control.

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